Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Think of all the psychic energy expended in seeking a fundamental distinction between "algorithm" and "program".
Alan J. Perlis
Once you've dressed and before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take at least one thing off.
Coco Chanel
Compatibility means deliberately repeating other people's mistakes.
Anonymous
The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.
Alan J. Perlis
Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.
Michael Sinz
Motto for a research laboratory: What we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
Alan J. Perlis
On the 7th day ... God began debugging.
Anonymous
Debugging is like farting - it's not so bad when it's your own code.
Anonymous
Re graphics: A picture is worth 10K words - but only those to describe the picture. Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
Alan J. Perlis
With all due respect John, I am the head of IT and I have it on good authority. If you type "Google" into Google, you can break the Internet.
Jen, "The IT Crowd"